Before she died, Lauren Maxwell’s mother gave her one rule for life: always have a plan and you will surely succeed.

Lauren took that advice seriously. With no one to rely on but herself, she mapped out every step of her future—and it worked. A six-figure career, international travel, and a luxury company apartment. Her life was exactly as planned.

 

Until it wasn’t.

 

Now she’s stranded in a small Texas town called Breton Hill, standing in a grimy garage with a broken car, no way out, and nowhere else to go.

 

Her only option is to check in to The Best Bed and Breakfast in Breton Hill, an inn run by the delightfully eccentric Hazel. What was supposed to be a temporary stop quickly becomes something far more complicated—especially when Lauren meets a man who was born and bred in Breton Hill and has a successful career there. He’s everything her carefully constructed life never included.

For the first time, Lauren faces a plan she isn’t prepared for:
escape the town as quickly as possible… or risk discovering that the life she’s been chasing might not be the one she truly wants, and material success isn’t the only success in life.

Sometimes the best plans are the ones you never make.